diff --git a/client/components/modals/libraries/EditModal.vue b/client/components/modals/libraries/EditModal.vue
index 5bcdabed..2a68dd63 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/libraries/EditModal.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/libraries/EditModal.vue
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export default {
           skipMatchingMediaWithIsbn: false,
           autoScanCronExpression: null,
           hideSingleBookSeries: false,
-          metadataPrecedence: ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
+          metadataPrecedence: ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'nfoFile', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/client/components/modals/libraries/LibraryScannerSettings.vue b/client/components/modals/libraries/LibraryScannerSettings.vue
index 215f79b5..253d4e6b 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/libraries/LibraryScannerSettings.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/libraries/LibraryScannerSettings.vue
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ export default {
           name: 'Audio file meta tags',
           include: true
         },
+        nfoFile: {
+          id: 'nfoFile',
+          name: 'NFO file',
+          include: true
+        },
         txtFiles: {
           id: 'txtFiles',
           name: 'desc.txt & reader.txt files',
diff --git a/server/objects/settings/LibrarySettings.js b/server/objects/settings/LibrarySettings.js
index b734b6bf..10ee19e0 100644
--- a/server/objects/settings/LibrarySettings.js
+++ b/server/objects/settings/LibrarySettings.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class LibrarySettings {
     this.autoScanCronExpression = null
     this.audiobooksOnly = false
     this.hideSingleBookSeries = false // Do not show series that only have 1 book 
-    this.metadataPrecedence = ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
+    this.metadataPrecedence = ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'nfoFile', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
 
     if (settings) {
       this.construct(settings)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class LibrarySettings {
       this.metadataPrecedence = [...settings.metadataPrecedence]
     } else {
       // Added in v2.4.5
-      this.metadataPrecedence = ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
+      this.metadataPrecedence = ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'nfoFile', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/server/scanner/BookScanner.js b/server/scanner/BookScanner.js
index 282155f2..48e8529a 100644
--- a/server/scanner/BookScanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/BookScanner.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const BookFinder = require('../finders/BookFinder')
 
 const LibraryScan = require("./LibraryScan")
 const OpfFileScanner = require('./OpfFileScanner')
+const NfoFileScanner = require('./NfoFileScanner')
 const AbsMetadataFileScanner = require('./AbsMetadataFileScanner')
 
 /**
@@ -593,7 +594,7 @@ class BookScanner {
     }
 
     const bookMetadataSourceHandler = new BookScanner.BookMetadataSourceHandler(bookMetadata, audioFiles, libraryItemData, libraryScan, existingLibraryItemId)
-    const metadataPrecedence = librarySettings.metadataPrecedence || ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
+    const metadataPrecedence = librarySettings.metadataPrecedence || ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'nfoFile', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
     libraryScan.addLog(LogLevel.DEBUG, `"${bookMetadata.title}" Getting metadata with precedence [${metadataPrecedence.join(', ')}]`)
     for (const metadataSource of metadataPrecedence) {
       if (bookMetadataSourceHandler[metadataSource]) {
@@ -649,6 +650,14 @@ class BookScanner {
       AudioFileScanner.setBookMetadataFromAudioMetaTags(bookTitle, this.audioFiles, this.bookMetadata, this.libraryScan)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Metadata from .nfo file
+     */
+    async nfoFile() {
+      if (!this.libraryItemData.metadataNfoLibraryFile) return
+      await NfoFileScanner.scanBookNfoFile(this.libraryItemData.metadataNfoLibraryFile, this.bookMetadata)
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Description from desc.txt and narrator from reader.txt
      */
diff --git a/server/scanner/LibraryItemScanData.js b/server/scanner/LibraryItemScanData.js
index 576280c8..b604e4d7 100644
--- a/server/scanner/LibraryItemScanData.js
+++ b/server/scanner/LibraryItemScanData.js
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ class LibraryItemScanData {
     return this.libraryFiles.find(lf => lf.metadata.ext.toLowerCase() === '.opf')
   }
 
+  /** @type {LibraryItem.LibraryFileObject} */
+  get metadataNfoLibraryFile() {
+    return this.libraryFiles.find(lf => lf.metadata.ext.toLowerCase() === '.nfo')
+  }
+
   /**
    * 
    * @param {LibraryItem} existingLibraryItem 
diff --git a/server/scanner/NfoFileScanner.js b/server/scanner/NfoFileScanner.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e450b5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/scanner/NfoFileScanner.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const { parseNfoMetadata } = require('../utils/parsers/parseNfoMetadata')
+const { readTextFile } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
+
+class NfoFileScanner {
+  constructor() { }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse metadata from .nfo file found in library scan and update bookMetadata
+   * 
+   * @param {import('../models/LibraryItem').LibraryFileObject} nfoLibraryFileObj 
+   * @param {Object} bookMetadata 
+   */
+  async scanBookNfoFile(nfoLibraryFileObj, bookMetadata) {
+    const nfoText = await readTextFile(nfoLibraryFileObj.metadata.path)
+    const nfoMetadata = nfoText ? await parseNfoMetadata(nfoText) : null
+    if (nfoMetadata) {
+      for (const key in nfoMetadata) {
+        if (key === 'tags') { // Add tags only if tags are empty
+          if (nfoMetadata.tags.length) {
+            bookMetadata.tags = nfoMetadata.tags
+          }
+        } else if (key === 'genres') { // Add genres only if genres are empty
+          if (nfoMetadata.genres.length) {
+            bookMetadata.genres = nfoMetadata.genres
+          }
+        } else if (key === 'authors') {
+          if (nfoMetadata.authors?.length) {
+            bookMetadata.authors = nfoMetadata.authors
+          }
+        } else if (key === 'narrators') {
+          if (nfoMetadata.narrators?.length) {
+            bookMetadata.narrators = nfoMetadata.narrators
+          }
+        } else if (key === 'series') {
+          if (nfoMetadata.series) {
+            bookMetadata.series = [{
+              name: nfoMetadata.series,
+              sequence: nfoMetadata.sequence || null
+            }]
+          }
+        } else if (nfoMetadata[key] && key !== 'sequence') {
+          bookMetadata[key] = nfoMetadata[key]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+module.exports = new NfoFileScanner()
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diff --git a/server/utils/parsers/parseNfoMetadata.js b/server/utils/parsers/parseNfoMetadata.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7fbbceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/parsers/parseNfoMetadata.js
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+function parseNfoMetadata(nfoText) {
+  if (!nfoText) return null
+  const lines = nfoText.split(/\r?\n/)
+  const metadata = {}
+  let insideBookDescription = false
+  lines.forEach(line => {
+    if (line.search(/^\s*book description\s*$/i) !== -1) {
+      insideBookDescription = true
+      return
+    }
+    if (insideBookDescription) {
+      if (line.search(/^\s*=+\s*$/i) !== -1) return
+      metadata.description = metadata.description || ''
+      metadata.description += line + '\n'
+      return
+    }
+    const match = line.match(/^(.*?):(.*)$/)
+    if (match) {
+      const key = match[1].toLowerCase().trim()
+      const value = match[2].trim()
+      if (!value) return
+      switch (key) {
+        case 'title':
+          {
+            const titleMatch = value.match(/^(.*?):(.*)$/)
+            if (titleMatch) {
+              metadata.title = titleMatch[1].trim()
+              metadata.subtitle = titleMatch[2].trim()
+            } else {
+              metadata.title = value
+            }
+          }
+          break
+        case 'author':
+          metadata.authors = value.split(/\s*,\s*/)
+          break
+        case 'narrator':
+        case 'read by':
+          metadata.narrators = value.split(/\s*,\s*/)
+          break
+        case 'series name':
+          metadata.series = value
+          break
+        case 'genre':
+          metadata.genres = value.split(/\s*,\s*/)
+          break
+        case 'tags':
+          metadata.tags = value.split(/\s*,\s*/)
+          break
+        case 'copyright':
+        case 'audible.com release':
+        case 'audiobook copyright':
+        case 'book copyright':
+        case 'recording copyright':
+        case 'release date':
+        case 'date':
+          {
+            const year = extractYear(value)
+            if (year) {
+              metadata.publishedYear = year
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        case 'position in series':
+          metadata.sequence = value
+          break
+        case 'unabridged':
+          metadata.abridged = value.toLowerCase() === 'yes' ? false : true
+          break
+        case 'abridged':
+          metadata.abridged = value.toLowerCase() === 'no' ? false : true
+          break
+        case 'publisher':
+          metadata.publisher = value
+          break
+        case 'asin':
+          metadata.asin = value
+          break
+        case 'isbn': 
+        case 'isbn-10': 
+        case 'isbn-13': 
+          metadata.isbn = value
+          break
+      }  
+    }
+  })
+  return metadata
+}
+module.exports = { parseNfoMetadata }
+
+function extractYear(str) {
+  const match = str.match(/\d{4}/g)
+  return match ? match[match.length-1] : null
+}
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